Chapter 419: Luring the Enemy Deeper
In the Annam Imperial Palace in Thang Long City, the hundred officials of the Chen clan in Annam came to the court to discuss the strategy of the soldiers who were used. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Chen's power in Annam was already in the hands of Hu Yiyuan, the prime minister surnamed Li, who was eager to establish a border and divert domestic contradictions, so as to stabilize his position as prime minister.
Hu Yiyuan, the prime minister of Annan, took the lead in speaking: "I sent troops to capture Zhen'an and Siming in the past, but it was just to test the bottom line of the Great Song Dynasty. Now that the Song army has been storming Erchengchi for two months and cannot take it, it can be seen that the Song army has traveled all the way to the south, and the veteran soldiers of the division are tired, not to mention that the Song Dynasty has Meng Yuan threatened in the north, Hao Ren categorically does not dare to start a full-scale war with our DPRK, I am afraid that it will not be long before his division will retreat! ”
The king of Annam is already old, and the military and political affairs are handed over to Hu Yiyuan for decision, and now the old king sitting on the dragon chair yawns again and again, Hu Yiyuan's words are regarded as a deaf ear, just want to end quickly, and are eager to return to the palace/palace to enjoy the concubines of Xinna.
"That's nature!" The king of Annan was very proud: "In the heyday of the Mengyuan Dynasty, the army of the king of Zhennan, Tuhuan, was attacked, and wasn't it also defeated by our dynasty?" There are a lot of strong enemies in the north of the Great Song Dynasty, and he doesn't have the courage to enter my Annan, what does the Prime Minister want, just do it! ”
Hu Yiyuan said: "The minister wants to personally command the 500,000 soldiers and horses accumulated by our dynasty, go out of Langshan and go north to rescue Siming and Zhen'an Second Road!" ”
The king of Annam is old but not faint: "I have been a country for more than 200 years, and I have been able to resist a strong enemy in the north, thanks to the high mountain danger on the front line of Langshan, the prime minister wants to abandon the world and not defend it, and go out of the customs to fight a decisive battle with Hao Ren, I am afraid it is not a wise move!" ”
"Your Majesty!" Hu Yiyuan said: "Zhen'an and Siming are on the second road, but there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses guarding the town, and the Song army can't go down after two months of siege, which shows that the Song army's combat strength is only like this." Moreover, where have the barbarians of the northern land seen the elephant soldiers of our dynasty? As soon as my elephant army came out, I scared those barbarians in the Han land to death. What's more, the real enemy of Song Zhi is the Qiang Yuan in the north, and he will not dare to fight with me for a long time, if our dynasty annihilates the main force of the Song army outside the country, and connects with Meng Yuan in the north to attack the Song Dynasty, not to mention Siming and Zhen'an two roads, I am afraid that the south of the Yangtze River will be owned by our dynasty! ”
Chen's Annan Chengping has been in peace for a hundred years, densely populated, and has a large number of generals, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Central Plains War to expand to the north, and the feasibility does exist, especially to connect with Meng Yuan, find a strong ally for himself, and carve up the Song land, which is very feasible.
The land south of the Yangtze River, which is more than ten times the land area of Annam, this big cake is indeed too tempting!
"It's all according to what the prime minister said! The widow is tired, so retreat! "King Annam is a decision.
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"Your Majesty, here!" Geng Zaicheng took the military report sent by the scout, and excitedly ran into the base camp set up by Hao Ren in Nanning: "Prime Minister Annan personally led an army of 500,000 to the north, and the forward has already passed Langshan!" ”
"Humph!" Hao Ren snorted coldly, threw the charcoal pen on the map, and said excitedly: "Tell the Dingbian Army and the Bixian Army to stop their attacks on Zhen'an and Siming, go north to cross the Yuejiang River, and come to join me!" ”
"Your Majesty!" Geng Zaicheng asked very suspiciously: "Then Zhen'an and Siming, will they be given to the enemy like this?" ”
"I deliberately let the Dingbian Army and the Victorious Army fail to attack for a long time, confusing the enemy, since the enemy has come, it is natural to put on a fearful posture, lead Hu Yiyuan to continue to go north, so that the Annan army is far away from his rear base, and buy time for me to dispatch troops and horses!" Hao Ren explained.
With the Song army's division of a hundred battles, it was easy to capture two cities, Hao Ren deliberately put on the appearance of the old soldiers of the division, and sent Zhang Dingbian and Zhang Bixian two new armies to feint to attack the city, leading the Annan army to abandon the fortified fortress and go north to fight a decisive battle with Hao Ren. However, the main force of the Chinese army was secretly stationed in Nanning for a generation, hoarding grain, grass and ordnance, and stepping up the training of the Tusi army and the new annexed army.
"Command!" Geng Zaicheng naturally didn't know Hao Ren's true intentions, anyway, his own disagreement had already been expressed, and the rest was to do it.
"Send someone to send 800 miles to General Deng Yu in Dali, send a light boat to Zhaoqing along the east of the Guangdong River to deliver a letter to Yu Tonghai, and let the two Jiang troops implement it according to the No. 3 battle plan!" Hao Ren ordered again.
As for what the third plan is, Geng Zaicheng has no way of knowing.
Hao Ren had already discussed several sets of combat plans with the two leading marshals, and the final implementation of the bill was determined according to the development of the battle situation, and Hao Ren selected the third battle plan to implement according to the current battle situation.
Military operations do not need to be agreed upon orally or passed on in paper, which can play a good role in military secrecy. The soldiers who delivered the letter would not leak the news, and even if the enemy blocked the road and intercepted the letter, they did not know what this No. 3 plan was, so as to effectively ensure military secrets.
Within a day, the fast horse arrived in Yunnan, Deng Yue's Siamese soldiers were 30,000, Ava's army was 10,000, and Yunnan's Tusi soldiers were newly attached to 30,000, with Wansheng's army as the vanguard, with a total of 120,000 soldiers and horses.
In 1338, the Mengyuan Dynasty once set up the Lao Su Governor's Mansion here, and then effectively governed the place, and now the Lao Su Governor's Mansion has been reduced to a vassal state of Annam, with Annan as the suzerain, and there is no central dynasty.
The real purpose of whipping the governor's office to make him submit is not the real purpose, the real purpose is to cut off one of Annan's arms, and then attack Thang Long City, the capital of Annan.
Yu Tonghai received orders in Zhaoqing, with Chen Zuyi as the vanguard, and the commanders Chen Zhaoxian and Li Zongkejun, with a total strength of 50,000, starting from Zhaoqing, crossing the Qiongzhou Strait, entering the Red River, and smashing into Shenglong City, the old nest of Annan.
The armies of Yu Tonghai and Deng Yu fought to the death with the enemy, while Hao Ren personally commanded an army of 250,000 and confronted Hu Yiyuan's army of 500,000 across the river.
Hao Ren's army of 250,000 entered the battlefield early, treated the battlefield terrain and its familiarity, and waited for work at ease, using the natural dangers of the Yuejiang River as a barrier, and using fierce artillery to repel Hu Yiyuan's plan to cross the river several times.
Hao Ren is very glad that he used troops decades earlier than Zhu Di, and today's Annan army is not equipped with a large number of firearms, and there is no need to seize advanced firearms from Annan to form a Shenji battalion, and the Song army is far ahead of Annan in both firearms and artillery.
Annan was a mountain soldier, and he fought very bravely, and fed poison on his swords and bows and arrows, and the soldiers of the Song army were wounded, and their throats were sealed with blood, and their methods were miraculously vicious.
Fortunately, the long-range artillery of the Song army was able to block the river, and there was no short-range contact with the enemy, and the scouts sent out, as long as they were injured, there was no way to heal them.
Suddenly, there was a sudden commotion in the Annan military camp, and Hao Ren knew that it must be the news of Deng Yu and Yu Tonghai's march that had reached Hu Yiyuan's army, and the two armies were either besieging Thang Long or had already conquered Thang Long City.
"It's time for a decisive battle!" Hao Ren ordered: "Order the whole army, all of them, cross the Yue River, and fight a decisive battle with the enemy." (To be continued.) )